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‘Chest Pass the ball in pairs when I say go’ All decisions made by the coachCoach explains the practice, players start and stop on commandGood to establish safety and discipline

Coach sets challenge but must ask the RIGHT questions in order to redirect players away from previous mistakes. Can work in small groups to work out answer. Can your team work out the quickest way of turning defence into attack? Then QUESTIONS to lead

Coach assigns a broad open-ended task/challenge. Find the quickest way to get the ball down to the other end of the field/court. No right / wrong answers. Players work according to their own ability, designing their own methods, working at their own pace.

Coach will suggest a session, eg. team defence. Players will then plan a session around what they know of team defence. They present plan to the coach who approves or suggests alternatives. Reveals and develops true levels of understanding

Players choose a topic/ skill/ tactic that they would like ot work on. They plan the session/drill according to their level of understanding & ability, and have the coach approve/amend. The coach observes the sessions and provides feedback at the end

‘Here is a push pass, you and your partner, copy it and repeat it 10 times’ Players make some minor decisions Coach explains the drill and allows the players to practice

In athletics for example, athletes go through 10 ways of how not to sprint, eg, straight back, head up, etc The athletes then use the misinformation to solve the problem of discovering the correct sprinting position.

Coach says observe your partners knees, position of hands and follow through. Players observe each other and give feedback. Coach gives out clear criteria for teaching points, players work in pairs/3’s to observe each other

Players choose the session themselves, plan it and evaluate it, Coach uses this session to discover hidden qualities of his/her players.

Coach writes up 3 key teaching points on board/on handout. Player then executes the drill/task and evaluates his/her own level of performance according to the criteria. Can use laptop with video extract of elite performance for players to compare